Hate Inc.

Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another is a 2019 non-fiction book by Matt Taibbi. It was first self-published by Taibbi online in serial form and later published by OR Books on October 8, 2019, in both hardcover and paperback as well as e-book format. Content The book argues "that what most people think of as 'the news' is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business." It contains an interview with Noam Chomsky, whose 1988 book Manufacturing Consent heavily influenced Taibbi's writings. In Hate Inc., Taibbi inverts the phrase to "manufacturing discontent". Publication and promotion In March 2019, Taibbi published a portion titled "It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD", which argues that in light of the Mueller Report's conclusion that the investigation "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities", much of what the mainstream media reported on the issue was exaggerated or outright false. Hate Inc was self-published by Taibbi in serial form, with each chapter released in installments as an email newsletter through the subscription service Substack. It was published by OR Books on October 8, 2019, in both hardcover and paperback as well as e-book format.